Chapter 3 Chapter 2 What Gymnastics Brings (2)

The future is quietly unfolding towards young Li Ning. At that time, all he had in his heart was the joy of entering the national team and his passionate desire to compete for the championship. What is being strong? Li Ning grew up in the 1970s when Chinese gymnastics grew from scratch. The story of Chinese players scoring casually".The coach said to Li Ning: "The Chinese gymnasts are really angry. They are determined to improve their skills and not let the motherland be underestimated. Now that they are old, it depends on you to win glory for the country." Remembering these words, he quietly buried his determination to win glory for the motherland in his heart since he was a child.

Gymnastics gave Li Ning a very tenacious will.This kind of will can be acquired by nature or cultivated the day after tomorrow. Professional athletes have gold medals on one side and pain on the other.Li Ning's pain came too early. In 1973, 10-year-old Li Ning had to stop training for three years because of a broken right arm. Before the injury healed, Li Ning hurried back to the training ground.The coach asked him to go back to Liuzhou to visit relatives for medical treatment, but he still insisted on training by himself. "Prince of Gymnastics Li Ning" describes that Li Ning "went to school during the day to grab the bars and practice hanging, and his red and swollen hands were painful. At night, he endured tears and put his elbow joints on the table and pressed hard. He stayed at home for half a year. Before the injury healed, he was anxious to return to the team for training. Li Ning, who was 12 or 13 years old at the time, was so talkative that he persuaded Coach Liang to allow him to train part of the time every week."With the pain, Li Ning insisted on training.

It is precisely because of such persistence and will that Xiao Li Ning was able to regain the three years spent by illness and catch up with his teammates. Not long after Li Ning returned to the team, the pain came again. In 1976, Li Ning fell from the parallel bars, a small bone was stuck at the elbow joint, and his arm could not be straightened.The doctor made a diagnosis that Li Ning would no longer be able to perform gymnastics training after the operation.After the operation, Li Ning had a plaster cast on his right arm for three months, and he could only watch others practice.Even so, he still finds ways to train.People can often see a little boy with a bandaged arm in the gymnastics room training his waist and abdominal muscles with one hand, practicing front flips and back flips, and doing a lot of springboard and net moves at the same time.In this way, Xiao Li Ning cooperated with the doctor's treatment with tenacious perseverance, and the injury healed miraculously.

This will is especially evident during the game. In November 1980, Li Ning went to Moscow with the national team to participate in the 11th World Gymnastics Championships.It was snowing heavily in a strange country, and just when Li Ning was complacent, he encountered bad luck. "Prince of Gymnastics Li Ning" introduced that Li Ning "accidentally sprained his right ankle severely when he was adapting to the venue, his ankle was swollen like a steamed bun, and his foot hurt like hell when he touched the ground. The regiment decided to not let Li Ning participate in the competition." Yes. At this time, there are still three days before the competition, and only 48 hours before the final registration deadline."

Li Ning felt guilty and anxious.At that time, the situation was grim. "The World Gymnastics Championships is a large-scale international competition at the same level as the Olympic Games. All countries have formed the best team. The first team of the Chinese men's team is on the rise. Six good men are neatly organized: Li Yuejiu, Huang Yubin, Li Xiaoping , Tong Fei, Peng Yaping, Li Ning, each of the generals has unique skills. The Chinese team is expected to defeat the rival East German team in this competition and win the third place in the group. Now, the main scorer Li Ning is injured, which undoubtedly puts the Chinese team in a decisive battle The predicament of the former general. China may miss the opportunity. What should we do?" Li Ning decided to fight for it, and he made a surprising move. "In the early morning of the registration deadline, Li Ning quietly got up with his clothes on, gritted his teeth and ran out. In front of the coach, he first tried to jump off the stool with all his strength, and then confidently used his injured foot to do a single leg Balance and squat..." Li Ning's physical fitness and determination won the leader's consent: to play.Finally, on the competition field, the Chinese gymnastics team defeated the German East Germany by a narrow margin and entered the top three in the world. "Li Ning's appearance shocked the GDR team. Undoubtedly, they lost the rare good opportunity that they secretly rejoiced in the past three days. The fact is also the same. They are only 0.15 points behind the Chinese team. The entire conference was also shocked: the Chinese There is an elixir! How did they know that a child who fought for the honor of the motherland endured such severe pain and persisted until the last moment! Your floor exercises are number one in the world, and your will is also number one in the world! International gymnastics referee Jin Zi, vice chairman of the committee, gave Li Ning two firsts. "In an era with the guarantee of will and training, Li Ning made rapid progress. In 1980, Li Ning went to England to participate in the international competition for the first time and won the third place. In July 1981, in the floor exercise competition of the 11th World University Games, Li Ning won the championship.